good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, august 4th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." a new development in a cbs news investigation involving police suvs that are making officers sick. ford is considering recalling more than 100,000 explorers now under federal investigation. a federal grand jury reportedly issues subpoenas in connection with a trump campaign e meeting with a russian lawyer. and one of the world's tallest residential buildings catches fire again. remarkably everyone make it out alive, we'll show you how. plus an effort to bring the high-speed internet service to more than 22 million people living in rural america. we'll take you to a georgia town where slow speed is costing residents time and money. but we begin this morning

with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? >> a grand jury is impaneled in the russian investigation. >> we have no reason to believe the president's under investigation here. >> what the prosecutors should be looking at are hillary clinton's 33,000 deleted e-mails. >> transcripts of president trump's phone calls with leaders of mexico and australia are now public after someone leaked them. >> to have people there that are leaking information, these people should be fired, out of government. they're disloyal to the government. >> a fire at one of the tallest residential buildings. >> blames and emmers rained down in dubai. >> a woman convicted of urging her boyfriend to commit suicide has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. >> drenching storms and flash floods in southern california.

>> you can see how fast the water is moving pap lot of damage out here. >> it's been a scorching couple of days in the northwest. still a lot of heat on deck. >> wow. it's brutal out there. >> the lights are back on in north carolina's outer banks. tourists are being allowed to return. >> the nfl is back, dallas and arizona in the hall of fame game from canton, ohio. >> all that -- >> we know that steph curry can ball. it turns out he's got a darn good swing too. >> impressive debut in a pro golf tournament. >> my first was in the cup, not the right cup. the cup holder. >> and all that matters. >> democratic leader jim justice said i've got to get on the trump train and became a republican. >> you know what's unbelievable? this man now has a chief of staff that all of us can pronounce his first name. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> the russia story is a total fabbricatio fabrication. >> a grand jury is now being

used in the russia election meddling investigation. >> i'm going to say something right now that no one has ever said before. opener" is presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm jeff glor with margaret brennan and vladimir duthiers. charlie rose, norah o'donnell, and gayle king are off. there's a major recall that could affect police departments across the country. for months cbs news has been tracking possible carbon monoxide leaks inside ford explorers. fumes are seeping into the suvs and making officers sick. federal regulators have logged thousands of complaints. 1.3 million explorers are under federal investigation. >> the problem gained national

attention after we showed you this 2015 video of a california police explorer slamming into a tree. the officer behind the wheel had passed out. he blamed a carbon monoxide leak. in auburn, massachusetts, today, ford engineers are inspecting ten explorer police cruisers for a second full day. the chief says an officer passed out and rear-ended another car. snees among six auburnecently tr carbon monoxide exposure. kris van cleave is in montgomery . county, maryland, where crews are inspecting all of the 108 of the county's explorers. kris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they're exploring the cracks in the manifolds that takes the exhaust away from the engine. e not just here inmont f montgomery county, it's across the country. ford is actively considering a recall of its ford explorer police intercepters. >> we instantly saw the danger. >> reporter: mechanics in

montgomery county, mpd m.d., are finding cracked manifolds in their ford explorers so often. >> we believe this is a manufacture's defect. >> reporter: that david dies, who oversees fleet maintenance for county, believes the problem could be affecting up to 80% of the fleet. most are policing cruisers. the manifold collects gases from a cylinder. the crack could send carbon monoxide through the vents of a vehicle's cabin. >> if you're running your air conditioning or vent system, that's the air coming fru v through the engine compartment so you are sucking carbon monoxide into the cabin if you have that kind of a leak. >> reporter: while ford experts are not convinced the cracked manifolds are causing the exhaust complaints, the cracks are common enough to prompt ford to actively consider a potentially costly recall. there are an estimated 135,000 explorer police cruisers on the road today. police departments in more than a dozen states have raised concerns about possible carbon monoxide leaks. ford has declined multiple requests for an interview, but did release this video statement.

>> there's nothing we take more seriously than providing you with the safest most reliable vehicles to perform your life-saving work. >> reporter: in february e we were first to show you this frightening 2015 crash in california. the police officer driving passed out. he believes it was carbon monoxide and is now suing ford. following more than 2,700 complaints, federal regulators last week expanded their investigation to cover model years 2011 to 2017, saying preliminary testing suggests co levels may be elevated in certain driving scenarios. i live if these cruisers eight hours at time, maybe longer. >> reporter: in auburn, massachusetts, a third of the town's cruisers are out of service. e the local police chiefs association say at least 15 police agencies in that state alone have sidelined ford ix pl explorers and are awaiting a

solution from ford. the concern among massachusetts police chiefs is exceptionally high. it was just a week ago austin police pulled 400-plus explorers out of service. galveston police have pulled theirs out until they can be inspected. departments across the country are rushing to inspect their vehicles and add carbon monoxide detectors. ford says it is working with police departments and no final decision has been made on a recall. vlad? >> kris, thanks. special prosecutor robert mueller's investigation of russian election meddling is going into a new phase. a grand jury has issued subpoenas in connection with donald trump jr.'s campaign meeting with the russian lawyer. the special counsel is using the grand jury to determine if there was collusion between the trump campaign and russian opera tichs during the election. the president's announced the investigation again during a speech last night. >> the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of

american politics. that's all it is. >> jeff pegues is in washington. jeff, good morning. >> good morning. this grand jury signals the investigation has accelerated into another gear. a year into investigation, the fbi ha following the money and sources tell us that is a big part of this probe. just this week we learned that the special counsel has brought on an expert in foreign bribery,&ing to the team of at least 14 veteran prosecutors digging into allegations of collusion and possible financial wrongdoing. the president has already warned special counsel mueller that delving into the trump family's personal finances would be crossing a red line, but it e firing mueller would represent a red line on capitol hill as well. just yesterday two bipartisan e bill sbros deuced in congress would essentially prevent the president from firing the special counsel. the white house had a measured response to the grand jury's

special counsel to the president, ty cobb, saying, quote, the white house is committed to fully cooperating with mr. mueller. jeff. >> jeff pegues, thank you very much. the president's trip to huntington, west virginia, last night, featured another all-out defense of his campaign. he told thousands of supporters democrats are obsessed with the idea his campaign had ties to russia. he called the ongoing investigation demeaning to the constitution. major garrett is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning to you. white house lawyers brushed off the investigation as no big deal and west virginia, a venue the president really like, i mean, a campaign-style rally, he said the focus on russia is denying those supporters effective and functioning goem ining governin real target ought to be his former democratic rival. >> are there any russians here tonight? >> reporter: president trump mocked investigations into the possible collusion with

russians. >> there were no russians in our campaign. there never were. we didn't win because of russia. we won because of you. that i can tell you. >> reporter: of course, mr. trump has never been accused of having russians on his staff. e investigators are probing campaign and financial links instead. the president said it's all about trying to derail his administration. >> they're trying to cheat you out of the leadership you want with a fake story that's demeaning to all of us and most importantly demeaning to our country and demeaning to our constitution. >> reporter: one week after senate republican efforts to repeal and replace obamacare failed, the president turned on both parties. >> honestly, how the republicans and the democrats let us down on that is hard to believe. repeal and replace. hard to believe. >> reporter: long a proponent of his unique ability to generate

change, the president asked for grassroots support. >> call your congressmen. call your senators. call everybody. get them to have the guts to vote to repeal and replace obamacare. >> also last night the president said he hopes the mueller e investigation is conducted honestly. adding he's not necessarily convinced it will be. >> thank you. the white house says a leak of phone calls president trump made to two foreign leaders is a national security matter. "the washington post" published transcripts of the president's conversations with mexican's president enrique pena nieto and australian president malcolm turnbull. on january 28th, the president and turn bul spent much of the phone call discussing a deal for the u.s. to take in some of australia's refugees. mr. trump said, quote, the united states has become like a dumping ground thanks to the agreement made by former president obama. he said, this shows me to be a dope.

the president then told turn bul, this is most unpleasant call all day. putin was a pleasant call. this is ridiculous. one day earlier, president trump told nieto to stop saying his country would not pay for a wall along mexico's border. you cannot say that with the press, he said. the press is going go with that and i cannot live with that. he said the wall was the least important thing we're talking about but politically this might be the most important. the cause of a fire at one of the world's tallest residential buildings is under investigation this morning. dramatic video shows the flames engulfing part of the middle eastern skyscraper overnight. the fire sent chunks of debris crashing to the ground. incredibly everyone made it out alive. this is the second time in recent years the dubai building known as torch tower has caught fire. jonathan vigliotti has the latest on the investigation. jonathan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the iconic tower earned its name

because it was one of the first megarises in dubai. but last night it literally looked like a torch after the fire engulfed 40 floors. the massive flames lit up the night as they spread up one side of the tower, tearing through more than 40 floors. bunching embers and chunks of debris showered the streets below. >> damn, that's my home. >> reporter: as firefighters battled the high-rising inferno. the 86-story torch tower is one of the world's tallest residential buildings with more than 600 homes. it started at 1:00 a.m. when many inside were asleep. incredibly dubai fire officials say no one was hurt and flames were under control in just two hours. it's the second massive fire in just over two years. in february of 2015, flames swallowed the building. again, no one was injured. fire officials say the fire was

likely accelerated by the exterior cladding or siding, which was replaced last year. similar cladding is blamed for fueling london's tower fire in june. at least 80 people were killed as flames engulfed the building in minutes. itis still unclear what caused the fire and whether cladding played a role. residents escaped safely thanks to working fire arp vr alarms a building staff who went door to door to make sure everyone evacuated. in london, people were initially told to stay inside. jeff. >> thank you. a massachusetts woman was sentenced to 15 months in jail for using text messages to encourage her friend to commit suicide. a judge ruled michelle carter will have not have to go to jail until all of her state appeals are exhausted. she was convicted of nims the dea -- involuntary manslaughter in the death of conrad roy in june.

it's an interview you'll only see on "cbs this morning." esh rinn, good morning. >> good morning. michelle carter was allowed to go home last night with her family after she was sentenced. if her appeals are successful, she may never serve a day behind bars. her punishment left conrad roy's loved ones shell-shocked and at a loss for words. this part of the case is over. >> it's not for all of you, is it. >> no, it never will be. >> reporter: does this make it any easier, though, that -- >> we want to put it past us. we want to move on. the best way we can. >> reporter: conrad roy's family was distraught as it became clear they would not see michelle carter hauled off to jail. >> there's nothing she could say that could make up for what she did. >> no. >> reporter: carter was on the phone with roy as he was dying of carbon monoxide poisoning inside his truck in july 2014.

she never called for help. when roy changed his mind and got ow of his vehicle, she even told him to get back inside. roy suffered from depression. >> the hardest thing for me to be comfortable in my own skin. >> reporter: before he killed himself, carter sent the 18-year-old dozens of texts pressuring him to commit suicide. one read, hang yourself, jump off a pilding, stab yourself. i don't know. there's a lot of ways. michelle carter exemploymented my son's weaknesses and used him as a pawn. wrchs her humanity? >> reporter: carter herself has struggled with anxiety and eating disorders wept at times during the hearing. >> this is a tragedy for both families. >> the judge sentenced her to 2 1/2 years but said she ood only have to spend 15 months behind bars. she would serve probation. she was three weeks shy of

turning 18 at the time of roy's suicide, still a child in the eyes of the law. >> the fact that they're still of that young age offers a greater promise of rehabilitation. >> reporter: the judge then put carter's sentence on hold to allow her lawyers to file appeals. >> i don't think anybody is prepared to go to jail for what they said. words alone don't end up putting people in jail. >> prosecutors were disappointed. they asked for at least a seven-year sentence and said that michelle carter needs to be held accountable. conrad roy's mother told me last night she hopes her son's death will lead to a new law so no other mother has to g through her pain. she may be the most difficult person i've had to talk to. you feel -- that sentencing did not -- you know that word closure, did not help this family. >> still horrifying to read these messages every time you look at them. i can't imagine what it's like

for the families. >> and i was surprised michelle carter didn't do a statement for the judge admitting she recognized what she had done. >> erin, great work on this. tomorrow night, on "48 hours," an in-depth look at the case. saturday at 9:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. central. the u.s. military has identified two american soldiers killed in a car bomb attack on their convoy in southern afghanistan. they are 25-year-old specialist christopher harris of north carolina and 23-year-old sergeant jonathan hunter of indiana. both men were paratroopers in the 82nd airborne division. hunter's father said his son was 32 days into his first deployment. military has not said if any other soldiers were hurt in wednesday's attack near kandahar. the taliban claimed responsibility. severe flashflood, blocked roads and several rescues in southern california. the quickly rising water stranded drivers in acton about 30 miles north of los angeles.

the water was three feet deep in some places after brief but powerful thunderstorms. >> reporter: you can see it how fast it's moving, knocking over sign, doing a lot of damage here. >> this man was airlifted from his truck after it became trapped in fast moving muddy water. a commuter train was brought to a stop after earth underneath its tracks gave way. around 200 riders were evacuated. cbs news goes inside chicago's epidemic of deadly gun violence. ahead, crew members show off their firepower to cbs on assignment and reveal their surprised mixed feelings about

high-speed internet is something most people take for granted. >> tony dokoupil shows us why many people in the rural area have been left in the slow lane. >> reporter: i'm standing in the middle of the internet or at least one of the data centers where it all comes together and

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out a massive carport fire. it burned 16 cars at an apartment complex on "dover and hamilton." santa clara county fire good morning, i'm michelle griego. in campbell crews put out a carport fire after burning 16 cars in the complex. santa clara county fire department got the call about 3 a.m. he cause is under investigation. two police officers will now be patrolling san francisco's dolores park every day of the week following a triple shooting yesterday. it happened around 3 p.m. near the footbridge on church street side of the park. no arrests have been made. stay with us, traffic and weathe r in just a moment.

an accident is cussing a backup. in fact, we had an earlier crash that had shut down the connector ramp from northbound 680 to 780. that ramp remains shut down and

we are getting reports of a crash just a little north of there -- of 680. if you need to continue on to 780, go to 680 exit bayshore road. turn around and then get back on and use 780. down to 880, where we have an accident southbound direction at industrial parkway. 23 minutes from 238 to the 84. roberta? this is really interesting. i want you to take a look at this live weather camera from the mount vaca area. what you're looking at is a shield of nimbostratus clouds. usually they do not produce thunderstorms. but they do suggest unstable air mass. of course unstable air mass can produce thunderstorms. 60s and 70s, it's so mild and warm out the door. later today, muggy, 60s up to the low to mid-90s.

i don't want to get off into a whole thing about history here, but the statue of liberty is a symbol of liberty and light in the world, a symbol of american liberty lighting the world. the poem you're referring to is not part of the original statue of liberty. >> listen, i don't want to give you a whole history lesson but the poem was added later and distorted the meaning of the statue. the torch was originally intended as a weapon to ward off immigrant who is naturally fear fire and the sfpikes on her cron were meant to deter foreigners from landing in hot air balloons. look it up. here's the thing, i agree with steven miller we're never going the live up to it. it's an aspirational document. like love your neighbor as yourself or all men are created equal or employees must wash

hands before returning to work. the secret service has been forced to vacate its command post inside trump tower in new york city. cbs news has confirmed a lease dispute behind the move. the agency had been leasing e space one floor below president trump's apartment. now it's reportedly operating out of a trailer on a sidewalk more than 50 floors below. the secret service says they're still hoping for space insood the skyscraper but the trump organization says the agency should look elsewhere. like new yorkers feel. space at a premium. here's look at some of morning's other headlines from around the globe. the "sydney morning herald" reports on two terror plots uncovered in australia. e police say in one plot an isis commander sent components to sydney to build an improvised explosive device. it was supposed to be taken on a flight last month, but the plan was abandoned. the second plot allegedly

involved building a device to release toxic fas in a crowded space. the suspected plotters were arrested last saturday. "usa today" reports that two japanese carmakers will create 4,000 american jobs. toyota and mazda are expected to unveil plans for a $1.6 billion, that will produce 300,000 a year. president trump called the plan a great investment in american manufacturing. "the washington post" says the u.s. has regained all the jobs that were lost in the great resgs. the labor department this morning said the economy added 209,000 jobs in july. the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, a 16-year low. the current economic expansion is starting its ninth year. president trump on twitter called the numbers excellent. >> "the wall street journal" says uber knowingly leased unsafe cars to drivers in singapore. uber managers were allegedly aware that honda had recalled

suvs when uber bought more than a thousand of them over eight months in 2016 and rented them to drivers. that's according to internal uber e-mails and interviews. one suf sov caught fire in janu. no one was hurt. uber has not responded to our request for a comment. the boston golden globe reports that for the first time the majority of harvard's incoming freshman class is nonwhite. the class of 2021 is 50.8% from minority gruch gruchs including african-americans, native american, and hawaiians. that's up from more than 47% in last year's class. the news comes as the trump administration investigates har vlad university over its affirmative action policies. chicago faces an epidemic of gun violence. this year alone more than 2,100 people have been shot, more than 400 killed. the fourth of july weekend was

especially violent. around 100 people were shot in just over four days. adriana diaz gained unique access in some of chicago's toughest neighborhoods that weekend for cbsn on assignment. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. chicago police have already seized more than 5,000 guns from the streets of chicago this year, young men that we met on the south and west sides told me how easy it is to get illegal guns and why many e never leave their homes without one. >> i know people who can't walk from their house to the store without a gun. >> reporter: why is that reality? why do people feel they have to get a have a gun on them? >> people getting killed left and right. it's sad. >> i got shot twice. i'm still here. that's god. it's hell on earth. >> reporter: hell on earth? >> hell on earth. >> reporter: the to pto problem heard and saw over and over again was guns.

>> we make sure ourselves secure, ourselves safe. >> reporter: cbs news gained access to several crews on chicago's south side. >> this is a mac right here. 50 shots. snoofr a semiautomatic weapon originally designed for military use and illegal in chicago. >> so why do you need guns with that much fire power? >> protection. it's dangerous out here. >> reporter: this south side crew is affiliated with the group the titanic stones. they cover their faces to conceal their identities. they actually told us they hate guns. >> just [ bleep ] to survival, bro, until i can put my family and myself in a better predicament to where i need to be. just trying to keep ourselves protected. >> reporter: many told us they'd rather risk police catching them with a gun than have their rival find them without one. where did you get this gun? >> off the streets. people sell them. >> reporter: how easy is it for someone to get a gun? >> that easy. you want one?

>> no. >> that's how easy it is. >> reporter: and it's worth it for you to keep this gun? >> you know what i'm saying? nobody give us no job, don't give a [ bleep ] about us. >> reporter: with so many innocent people dying by these bullets. is it worth it? >> no. it ain't worth i but you have [ bleep ]. go through the drill or drive-by, you know what i'm saying? and some innocent little sister gts shot. them and them guys are coming back. that's how the confrontation is going to keep going. >> reporter: why not put the guns down? >> put the guns down? maybe in the near future. no time right now. you know? i don't want to put my gun down. nine times out of ten the innocent ones getting hurt, you know what i'm saying? if they come shooting right now we probably don't get shot and we got guns. you might get shot. that's how [ bleep ] it is. but survive or be killed. >> some incredibly powerful reporting, adriana. one of the things that's unique about cbs on assign suspect the ability to show our audience the ways you get access to some of

the stories, some of the people you spoke to. how did you start a conversation and embed with these chicago gangs? >> it wasn't easy. at first we met a lot of these guys. they were hesitant, they didn't trust us. they're like what are you guys doing here, who are you? we were locals who could ease their worries and tension and help us gain credibility with the people we were trying to talk to, but it took time. we were there for seven days from the afternoon till after midnight most days and we kept going back to the same people to gain their trust, to develop a relationship, and our main person that we focused on, his name is paris, hes go by stash, the first time we met him he didn't want anything to d with us. he was like who are these people? you guys don't really care about us. he didn't want to speak to us the first time. we wnt back, opened up a little more, went back, two or three time, by the end he was opening up about his fears and dreams. >> first time he offered you a gun? >> first too many for sure. >> i like your reaction. i mean, it's nuts to see but

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the federal government is the federal government is working to give rural americans a resource that many of us take for granted, high speed internet. in rural areas, 35% of people have no access at all. that accounts for about 22 million americans. the fcc yesterday committed $2

billion in subsidies over the next decade to help telecom companies bridge that gap. tony dokoupil visited dawsonville, georgia, about 40 miles outside atlanta to see the cost of this digital divide. tony, good morning. >> good morning. the internet is not a luxury. in fact, last year a federal court defined it as a basic utility like running water or electricity. for millions of rural americans, high speed americans ends before their county line. >> place your head forward. >> reporter: at this optometry office in northern georgia, this doctor takes pride in his technology. >> i wanted to be the most modern office we could be. >> reporter: he has to run it at a 20th century pace. >> when you say it feels like the '90s here, you're serious. >> it does. people rememberac f t b dong to for it to spin around until you actually got a connection. we face that as a daily part of

doing business. >> reporter: the fcc designed high speed internet as download speeds of 25 megagbits a second. dr. burke's internet is half that speed, or less. why couldn't you call your internet service provider and say i need faster internet? >> we have tried that. it's not been successful. >> reporter: burke says he spent more than $25,000 on a server to avoid transferring large files online. this server is a replacement for high speed internet. >> that is correct. >> reporter: but slowdowns at the front desk still prevent at least 20 patients a week from getting in for treatment. >> the internet is a physical thing. yes, this is it. this is the place where networks actually connect to each other. >> reporter: andrew blum, the author of a bobook about the guf the interin the took us to a tightly guarded room in new york to see one of the hubs that connect broadband users here with high speed networks elsewhere.

>> bandwidth in this room is cheaper and more bun disinfectant tan almost anywhere on earth. the challenge is connecting where we are right now to the rest of the country. >> reporter: rural homes and businesses are far from these hubs and often far from each other in area where is fiber-optic cable can cost up to $40,000 per mile. slow speeds can make downloading songs take up to 16 times longer. a maumovie that takes eight mins to download elsewhere can sometimes take up to an hour and a half. >> we are working as hard and fast as we can to get as close to the customers as we can. >> jared berkshire runs the operations for one of the world's largest internet providers. he brought us to a home where one of his tech nixes was installing broadband. >> why can't you bring high speed internet to everybody in the countryside? >> it's a challenge of economics, if you will. trying to get further out into the rural network with a density being more and more spread out, population being more and more spread out. it's challenge no matter what provider you are. >> in the meantime, working from home is a challenge for folks

like tom, who logs on instead at a nearby lunch spot. >> i live about a mile up the road north and up that way they do not have it. they have some faster internet down this way. just has not made it a mile away. >> we hear about it all the time. it's one of our most pressing issues. >> reporter: congressman doug collins is trying to encourage competition to connect that last mile. he introduced a bill to offer tax inseason tichs for companies to improve their connections. >> many people are locked into a situation where it doesn't get better. >> reporter: but telecom true krewes say they're working to make things better line by line, mile by country mile. >> your message to rural customers is patience. >> patience. we'll get there. >> and president trump says he ood like the expansion of rural internet to be part of his trillion-dollar infrastructure overhaul, but no details on how that would work. what's amazing about this story is it's a remind they're the internet, for all the magic, is a physical thing. if you don't build the cables, put them in the ground, it

doesn't work. >> everybody thinks wireless, wireless. you have to wire things, build. >> one of the justifications i've heard is by the time you build out that infrastructure, the technology will already be a generation ahead so you'll always be playing catch-up, essentially. >> that's not the case anymore. if every home had a fiber-optic cable going to it like it has a water line, everybody would have fast speeds. >> great reporting, tony. thank you very much. dramatic video shows hikers helping each other reach safety in raging f

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due in court this mo good morning, it's 4 minutes before 8:00. i'm anne makovec. one of the two men charged in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire is due in court this morning. derick almena was the master tenant at the warehouse where 36 people died last september. he is expected to request a bail reduction. a bay area dentist was killed in a small plane crash in sacramento county. the accident happened yesterday in a backyard in rio linda. the 71-year-old pilot died in the crash. the faa and ntsb are investigating. stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment.

good morning. time now 7:57. and we're tracking a couple of crashes that have shut down

some connector ramps. this crash in benicia has been confirmed as a fatal accident. northbound 680 closed to 780 at this time. continue forecast 680 and exit at bayshore road back to 780. towards 101, we are tracking problems southbound direction an accident hat three lanes blocked. northbound national highway traffic safety administration breaks due to some metal debris in the road. 47 minutes from hellyer to san antonio. roberta? >> feast on this. it's our live weather camera looking out from sutro tower in a northerly direction. hi, everybody. we have the low-level clouds drifting in over the golden gate bridge. isn't that just spectacular? we're looking in a northerly direction towards sausalito, tiburon. mild temperatures today. cooler over the weekend.

. good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, august 4th, 2017. welcome back to website this morning. ahead president trump's agenda faces a new challenge. john dickerson looks at the potential impact of a grand jury on the administration. plus why a transgender man with a new baby boy told the story of his pregnancy on social media. but first here's today's eye opener at 8:00. >> a investigation has learned ford may be closer to a major recall that could affect police departments across the country. >> what they are finding is cracks in the exhaust manny folds that takes exhaust away from the engine. >> the investigation has accelerated into another gear a

year into the investigation. >> white house lawyers brushed off the creation of this grand jury, the president said the real target ought to be his former democratic rival. the tower earned its name but last night it literally looked like a torch. >> michelle carter was allowed to go home after she was sentenced. if her appeals are successful, she may never serve a day behind bars. severe flash flooding, blocked roads and led to several rescues in southern california. >> that is a california dude. had to go back inside of his truck to grab his skateboard. >> this is beautiful. >> storms trigged rain delays and the players engaged in antics in the bullpen. >> and the bar has been set very high for bullpen antics this week. >> this morning's eye opener at 8:00 is presented by toyota. i'm jeff glor with margaret

brennan and vladimir dugier and charlie and gayle are off. robert mueller is using a grand jury to help investigate possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. the grand jury can force the release of documents and testimony. >> reports say it is already issued subpoenas over a meeting last year with donald trump jr., jared kushner, paul manafort and a russian lawyer. sources also say that robert mueller's targets include rugs intelligence and hacking potential wrongdoing. >> president trump said his finances would cross a red line and the grand jury news is no surprise. >> it is very much a standard operating procedure when you have a situation like this. but with respect to the impamming of the grand jury, we have no reason to believe that president is under investigation. >> a special counsel to the president tye cobb said the

white house favors anything that accelerates the conclusion and they are committed to fully cooperating with mr. mueller. president trump wants the russia investigation to have a truly honest outcome. he ridiculed the probe and criticized his opponents at a rally in west virginia just last night. >> the reason why democrats only talk about the totally made up russia story is because they have no message, no agenda, and no vision. have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? any russians? they can't beat us at the voting booths, so they're trying to cheat you out of the future and the future that you want. >> cbs news chief washington correspondent and face the nation anchor john dickerson is with us from washington.

john, good morning. the president's only lawyers describe this as standard operating procedure. is impanelling a grand jury just that? >> well, it is that. but it could be a whole lot more. you know, what this really means is it doesn't mean that the president is in any new danger, it doesn't necessarily mean that the grand jury or the -- or there are indictments about anybody in his first circle but the administration is going to wear this heavy coat of having daily disclosures, news about the grand jury and who may or may not be meeting in it. it will wear the heavy coat for many more months and that is both a distraction, then an invitation tor the president to react in his colorful way and as we get into the election year next year, it is more challenges for republicans if there is continued talk about a grand jury and who is appearing before it and what may or may not be learned there. >> john, could we ask you about the leaked phone conversations between the president and

turnbullptur turnbull and kneeto and this is a big deal when conversations between foreign dealers that are supposed to be private get leaked and that is out there. what do you make of this and will foreign leaders stop calling the white house or washington in general if they think it is going to be out there. >> it is a big deal. because presidents should be able to have these conversations in a free and open way. so much of public life is constrained by the fact that everybody is watching in every possible minute. it makes it very hard to get any business done. and so to just -- to have these kind of transcripts out there is -- is really terrible. it is probably breaking the law. but also it's a sign in this administration that somebody wants to do the president harm, or embarrass him. now there have been lots and lots of leaks but this is of a different order and it means despite the fact they've gotten

rid of a lot of people at the white house and a hunt for leakers, this is still going on, so it is a bad internal thing for the white house as well to have people in the system doing things like this that are really aimed just at embarrassing the president. >> john, front page of the new york times former general taking control at the white house and mr. kelly cuts off rambling advisers mid sentence and listened on conversations and booted out lingering staff members. will these changes have an effect on what we've seen so far. >> well, they should. because they are bringing the administration in line with what is essentially the practices that previous chiefs of staff have learned over time, work in a white house. h.r. halderman that nixon wrote memos saying do all of this before the nixon administration. so they are behind the times a bit at the white house to be putting this kind of discipline in place. but it should help. because the presidency is not a

place of improvisation and if you are going to have an improvisation president than everybody else has to be working absolutely in sync with each other and that is appears to be what chief of staff kelly is doing. >> john, quickly, there were two bipartisan bills introduced to make it hard for the president to fire robert mueller, will they pass? >> i don't know if they will pass but they are an interesting development here. we see this move by congress essentially to reign in the president. to take what used to be kind of norms and standards that no president would cross and try to basically codify them into law. we saw the -- congress do this on the russia sanctions this week and seeing them do it on health care. so this is congress asserting itself with the president who has shown a willingness to kind of cross some traditional boundaries. >> john dickerson, thank you very much. we'll see you on sunday because he talked with john kasich and

governor john hickenlooper about the two party approach to health care and plus republican senator tom cotton of arkansas and former homeland security secretary jeh johnson here on sunday on cbs. senator john mccain tells the arizona republic he feels well since receiving brain cancer treatment and hopes to return to the senate full time next month. >> it is a tough challenge, but i'm confident with lots of exercise, good food, and staying active that we can continue on with my work. and i'm very optimistic and my doctor has recommended that i not go back to washington and [ inaudible ] there are men and women putting their lives on the line every hour and i can't fly to washington. come on. >> well the senator reflected on his decisive no vote last week on the obamacare repeal and said the bill did not meet the needs of arizonans and republican leaders knew before the vote

they didn't have his support. senator also said he tries not to criticize what president trump says, otherwise that would and he addressed those who say he shouldn't work with the president. >> i work with him because i represent the people of arizona. all of them. republicans, democrats, independences, libertarian, vegetarian, whoever they are. and so, i think we've got to get back and we talked about this earlier, to a degree of debate and respect and cooperation and results. because right now we don't have the results. >> john mccain said bipartisanship would produce better results. an oregon family's new edition came about in an untraditional way. ahead we hear from the transgender man who gave birth tos a son and how he hopes his family e

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in today's morning rounds, the physical and emotional challenges of a special pregnancy. a transgender man in oregon gave birth to a baby boy. he shared his pregnancy on social media in the hopes of changing the stigma surrounding it. an estimated 1.4 million adults in the u.s. identify as transgender but the government has no documented numbers on transgender men who have given bridge. we spoke to their family about the journey. >> baby leo's life story starts in a familiar place. feeding and burping and soothing the 2 week old looks like a synchronized routine for his parents. >> daddy is getting it. >> they all have a match. >> the couple's family start when they took in and later

adopt adopted chap lo's children. they offer another twist to the plot. >> how did this work? you had transitioned, you were a male -- >> reese was born a female but grew up identifying as a male. at 20-year-olds he started taking testosterone and transitioning through hormone therapy he opted not to have surgery. once they decided they wanted to have a baby, the next step was the easy one. >> it is not that different than if a woman is on hormonal birth control and their cycle stops. so i stop taking my hormones and eventually my cycle came back, about five tos later we got the positive pregnancy test. >> when you are pregnant, and you have this belly, did you ever kind of stop and look at yourself in the mirror and kind of go, whoa, or for that matter did you get the looks on the sidewalks, did people ask about it were they curious. >> men's bodies are not

execute -- executinized like women. >> people thought you were fat. >> i'm okay being trans. i think it is awesome. and i never wanted my body to be different. >> they shared updates throughout the pregnancy on social media. using the platform to address misconceptions about transgender people. >> we did take steps in those end months, like tristan started working from home completely. we just didn't go out as much. to be cautious. >> you do have to admit that what you have here is unconventional, so for those people who say this isn't a family, how do you respond to them? >> we're not here for people who are at that place. if you are so blind to love and to respect and to the possibility that the world has to offer you, that you don't think that what is in this house is a family, there is no way i'm going to reach you.

>> they know the story isn't everyone's but it is someone's. >> it is the teenagers that think they might be trans, or the gay men out there that feel ashamed of themselves. it is those sorts of people that we feel like we would like to reach. >> there are so many different configurations of families all of which are valid and full of love and respect and integrity and -- spit up. >> for cbs mathis morning, portland, oregon. >> reese is not the first transgender man to give birth and in sharing his family story he told us he's not even the first in his circle of friends. >> it is an amazing story. and i love that line about because he was walking around as a man, no one even noticed he was pregnant but thought he had a beer belly. >> that is right. >> and sharing it on social media so that everybody could understand and learn a little bit more about it is great. >> well, you have notice signs, just say dunkin at dunkin'

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♪ right now it is time to show you this morning's headlines. hackers behind the hbo breach are threatening to leak more scripts from games of thrones season 7. a script for episode four of this season was leaked. now hackers are threatening to leak more every week. sunday is the next potential release day. hbo declined to comment. the seattle times explains how boeing pilots used a 787 dream line to draw one of the planes in the sky. flight path made an outline of the new jet across the united states. they decided to have a little fun during an 18-hour endurance test of the plane's engine. u.s. today said some investors want to turn a california town into a marijuana mecca. a cannabis company hopes the town of tipton could be a place where pot rules would be eased for smokers.

they've made a binding $5 million offer for the town and improvements include $2.5 million and the deal could be finalized after environmental tests. and the boston globe wonders why dunkin' donuts will change their name. some signs just say dunkin. donut is not clued. it is a marketing test to emphasize the beverages. chain is not planning to make a decision on branding until late next year. >> doesn't seem like a necessary change. >> well, i'm curious, is it sandwiches, coffee and the drinks and everything else now. so dunkin. that is what we call it. it worked in boston, it was called dunkin. let's go to dunkin. so in reno, nevada, that was once a haven for gamblers but now tech workers rule the city. mayor hillary schieve is live with our series american voices and what other cities could

learn from the city's despite increased ridership... caltrain is increasing fares and parking fees to cover operating costs. the zone good morning. i'm anne makovec. prepare to pay more if you ride caltrain. despite increased ridership, caltrain is increasing fares and parking fees to cover operating costs. the zone fares are going up by 25 cents. the go pass will increase by about $40. homeowners in the east bay hills say nonnaturive trees are a fire threat to the area and want them gone. that was brought to light after the oakland hills fire earlier this week. even cal fire agrees that the non-native tree debris provides fuel for fires but a conservation group is fighting it. raffic and weather in just a moment.

good morning. time now 8:27. and we are tracking a fatal accident that still has a connector ramp shut down. this is in benicia 680 northbound connector ramp to 780 is closed. northbound 680 traffic must continue on. you can exit at bayshore road to turn around. we are also tracking an accident that's causing a big backup if you're heading along southbound 101. this crash is at mathilda avenue. two lanes blocked and that off- ramp has been shut down, as well. northbound traffic pretty heavy as you make your way out of san jose from hellyer to san antonio. about a 46-minute ride. and heading out of san francisco, looking a-okay, heading into san francisco, at

the bay bridge toll plaza, and looks like a ghost town. roberta? >> hey, if you are a weather geek like me, this is your kind of a day! we have so many different kinds of clouds out there. we have had some thunderstorms in the sacramento valley this morning rolling in towards rio vista not quite making it there. we have had decaying thunderstorms, lots of clouds over san francisco right now. look at this! in addition to the subtropical moisture, we still have the marine layer that's pushing onshore. it's a muggy start to your day. look how warm it is. 76 degrees in livermore. 76 in san jose. 73 in redwood city. humid day. temperatures mid-60s at the beaches. partly to mostly cloudy all day with that chance of a thunderstorm popping at any time or just an isolated lightning strike. a couple of raindrops may happen. 93 in vallejo. 97 degrees our outside number. winds pick up late day out of the southwest 10 to 20, gusts up to 30. cooler this weekend. this busy mom spends her days driving all over town.

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mecca but when casinos fell on hard times the city struggled and reinvented itself as a tech hub thanks to tesla. >> and the bigga factory expects to hire 3000 workers. jobs there average $14 an hour well above the minimum wage. since the mayor took office in november of 2014, the unemployment rate has steadily declined and now stands at 4%. that is lower than the national average and down from almost 14% in 2011. mayor schieve joins us now. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> all right. team nevada. nevada. >> it extended -- do not say nevada. >> the president said it correctly. >> well, yeah he takes a lot of heat for not saying it correctly. we'll work on that. nevada, nevada. >> nevada is hot. >> yes. >> reno is hotter. >> booming. >> why? >> you're exactly why. it is an incredible time to live

there. certainly our outdoor recreation is phenomenal. but companies like tesla, amazon, apple, google are investing and building there. >> we did hear the president talk about illegal immigration and the highly skilled jobs, what is it about reno that you think is selling itself. >> well 320 days of sunshine to start. and when i got here this morning, it downpoured rain so i was asking how many days of sunshine does reno have. but to be honest with you, it is our proximity to the bay area and medium home prices with $150,001,500,000 in san francisco. so it is much more affordable to do business in reno and obviously less government regulations is important. and so we really -- eve also looking at hospitality, so we've done a phenomenal job reinventing ourselves. we are not just the gaming mecca

any more and tech companies are realizing that. >> you are going to add 50,000 new jobs in the region in just five years. that is what you've done. what could other cities learn from what you're doing in reno? >> think cutting the government red tape is important. when i got into office, unemployment was down to 12% and now we are down to 3.9% in reno and it is about stream lining the process and talking and saying how can we help you and government doesn't do a good job of that. and we've learned our lesson in nevada and it is paying off. >> and going down that road. when it comes to health care, something any employer looks at, that congress is moving a bit too quick for you. >> absolutely. right now mayors across the country are saying, hey, you need to slow it down. this is not a partisan issue, certainly for mayors. this is a people issue and it is a very serious issue. i think i could connect with it well because i've had a kidney transplant and i know what is it is like to take life-saving

medication and see people at grocery stores and at little league fields that are panicked by this. so mayors across the country are saying, hey, we need to slow down and bring mayors to the table in washington. that is something we have not been part of the process. and i will tell you, the obama administration did that great. he sat down with mayors and talked to cabinet members and were part of the conversation, whether it is tax reform or infrastructure bills, we need to get back to basics and it starts with mayors. we really are at ground zero in our cities. >> but the president wants to move this along quickly, right? he's talking about pulling the subsidies for the a.c.a., what would that mean for a place like reno? >> well it absolutely would be completely devastating. we were at one of the highest rates in the facing of uninsured at 23%. we're down now to 12%. so we know how drastic that would be for health care in my state. but it is all across america. so we're incredibly nervous about it.

and i hear these phone calls of sheer panic from my constituents and this is very real. so we are saying, slow it down, bring mayors to the table, we need to be part of that solution as well. because, again, we are at ground zero. we often laugh, mayors laugh because there is no democratic or republican way to clean a street, right. so again, that is why mayors are very important to be there. >> now you, according to 2014 study, had the highest proportion of undocumented migrants of any u.s. state and the largest share in the work force. for you in reno, what does that mean? what are those jobs? >> well that is huge. i mean, for -- for families, this is something -- and another reason why it is so important in nevada, we rely on tourism so heavily as well. so we talked about travel bans and things like that. >> with the latest proposal to reduce the number of green cards, it would impact agriculture. >> exactly.

and jobs. and so we get incredibly nervous about that. but again hearing the sheer panic from families that this would shatter them. so again, we need to be part of the discussion and we really haven't been to the magnitude that we have been in the past. so it makes us very nervous. and it's -- like i said, you could hear the sheer panic in some of my kons stiof my consti voices because that is the first call they make, to mayors. >> my money is on reno. >> come and visit us. >> reno, nevada. >> i'm so impressed. >> i didn't say it wrong to begin with. >> good for you. >> right, right. >> thank you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> major league baseball this season could smash the record for home runs set nearly 20 years ago. ahead, the growing debate over whether the baseballs are juiced to make more

♪ that ball is way out of here. >> that ball hit hard.

yes! >> altuve gets a fastball, deep to right center field. a total of 33 home runs were hit yesterday in major league baseball and mlb is on pace to shatter the record and american and national league have hit more than 4,000 home runs and on pace to break the record of 5693 total homers set in 2000. this makes some question whether the sudden home run spike has less to do with the players and more do to do with the baseball itself. >> that is absolutely clobbered. >> it has been a long and hot summer for the home run. >> got a fastball and bye, bye baby. >> the last time they saw a dramatic increase in home runs -- players were called to testify before congress.

>> i think it is an issue. it is a problem. >> over allegations of using performance-enhancing drugs. this season there is less talk of juiced up players, but some say the ball is. >> we did detect some differences between the balls from before the home run rate surge and after. >> sportswriter ben lindbergh documented game balls from 2014 through july 2016. they were tested at washington state university. where balls are fired from air cannons at bat shaped cylinders. >> there do seem to be differences. the circumference is smaller and the seams are lower and theco eefficient of restitution or the bounciness of the ball has increased. >> enough bounce said lindbergh to turn better than average batters into big-time home run threats. >> if you had warning track power before and now you added ten extra feet and you are getting the ball over the fence consistently, you are going to

get the biggest boost. >> in an e-mail to cbs this morning, a spokesperson for rawlings, the manufacturer of every major league baseball said mlb has not asked us to change or alter the ball in any way, shape or fashion. and we don't. >> and robert manfreddie gr offs opinion. >> we have bigger and stronger athletes like in all sports and i don't think there is surprising on emphasis on power pitching which produces strikeouts and power hitting that gives you a lot of home runs and less balls in play. >> this is a ride out of the stadium. >> major league baseball says nothing to see here. right? >> is that defensible. >> if you look carefully at what they say. they say it is within the legal limits for a baseball which i don't dispute. the problem is those legal limits are very wide. you could you have a ball at the

upper and lower end of what is is allowed and they could travel 49 feet different in distance. >> there it goes -- >> it is worth noting that baseball hit a four decade scoring slump just three years ago. in 2014, 57 players hit 20 or more homers, nearly doubled to 111 last year. >> the timing is somewhat suspicious because it came after this blow off when everyone was worried about how baseball was going to get home runs back into the game. >> deep left field. way back. rockies win. >> i'm seeing balls hit to places in ballparks that i've never seen in my entire life and i've been around it since i was 22. >> ron darling is a broadcaster and pitchered for the mes in the world series. >> you think something is going on. >> i do, ie've touched a lot of

baseballs and held them. >> we handed him a ball from 2014 to 2016 to see if he could see the difference in baseballs that to us seemed similar. >> this seems like the cue ball to me and it feels too hard to my liking. but i don't know. it is really what is inside of the baseball. and they keep telling you what is right. it is hard not to believe it. >> and it is fun for kids to watch, an increase in home runs. >> which ball did he say -- >> he could tell a difference in the seams but also talking about the inside. he could tell a difference. we couldn't tell a difference. but he's also been working with them for decades now. rawlings said they are not making anything different and major league baseball said nothing is different. they are all within the guidelines but the point is i think the guideline is so large that that is what is up. >> did you have fun doing that? >> i hate baseball. >> you can hear more of cbs this morning on our podcast.

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and do your thing. of the week - good morning, it's 5 minutes before 9:00. two police officers will be patrolling san francisco's dolores park every day of the week following a triple shooting yesterday. it happened around 3 p.m. near the footbridge near the church street side of the park no arrests. a car at 3 a.m. burned 16 cars burned in an apartment complex. he cause is under investigation. and all 23 csu campuses are eliminating math and english placement exams for incoming freshmen part of broader changes aimed at increasing graduation rates. under the new system all students will take college level courses which eliminates remedial courses. raffic and weather in just a moment.

we have been tracking a fatal accident that shut down a connector ramp from 280 to 780 in benicia that looks like all lanes have been cleared and traffic is up to speed. wish i could say the same for the south bay. southbound 101 continues to be bogged down with delays due to an accident at matilda avenue that's shut down the off-ramp, as well.

two lanes blocked along southbound 101 and traffic is very heavy out of palo alto. so you have about 45 minutes from university avenue on down towards oakland road. and your ride along the eastshore freeway looking okay. roberta. >> it's a crazy weather day across the bay area. hi, everybody. and it's all because of the subtropical moisture that continues to lift from the south up in a northerly direction spilling those clouds with a chance of a thunderstorm in our forecast. we have that right there that beautiful marine layer. it continues to surge onshore. look how mild it is. 77 in livermore. 76 in san jose. 73 in redwood city. hey, later today from the 60s to the low to mid-90s. winds southwest 10 to 20 miles per hour gusting to 30 late day. cooler over the weekend less muggy.

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